God & Grace in the Garden & Coop

“Hen Party” I try to make it a habit to walk around our yard most days after work.  I circle the house, then head down to the garden where yellow and red Zinnias occupy one row and red-and-white striped ones form another. The heads of the...

Seeing Better (#SmallWonder Link-Up)

“I could die tomorrow,” I told her.  “Without ever having pink glasses.” The sales associate looked at me with her head cocked, eyebrows raised and conceded the point.  I’ve had the same small, brown glasses frames since 2011. I chose them not long...

Sucker-Punch (a story of Openness and Vulnerability)

I was so grateful a few weeks ago to receive an invitation from Amber Cadenas to write something for her blog, Beautiful Rubbish: the everyday art of learning to see.  Amber’s running a series of guest posts under the topic “Tales of Beauty from the...

Inheritance (Letting Go of Guilt)

  We inherited several gallon-sized bags of blueberries when my in-laws sold their house and moved to Florida.  I like to think that they were handpicked by my mother-in-law some time ago, back before the brain tumor and multiple surgeries left her partially...
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